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Table 2 Incidence of adverse events or unwanted events during the anesthesia recovery period

From: Impact of intraoperative hypothermia on the recovery period of anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Indicators

hypothermia group (N = 240)

nonhypothermia group (N = 144)

t/z/χ2

P

PACU hypoxemia [N(%)]

74(30.8)

46(31.9)

0.052

0.820

PACU nausea or vomiting[N(%)]

15(6.3)

11(7.6)

0.275

0.600

PACU shivering [N(%)]

33(13.8)

9(6.3)

5.197

0.023

PACU hypertension[N(%)]

44(18.3)

17(11.8)

2.870

0.112

PACU hypokalemia [N(%)]

3(1.3)

5(3.5)

2.179

0.140

PACU hypocalcemia [N(%)]

10(4.2)

7(4.9)

0.103

0.749

PACU analgesic drug use [N(%)]

55(22.9)

23(16.0)

2.681

0.102

anesthesia recovery time(min)

98.75 ± 36.26

90.19 ± 34.91

-2.269

0.02